Foreign relations

Conditions

• Foreign relations are governed by several conditions within which they exist:
• Chronological - foreign relations may be operational and ongoing where other nations are concerned, or project-based and temporary where non-state international agents are concerned; they may relate to factors of historical or future considerations
• Contextualised - foreign relations may be particularly affected by pertaining to regional, economic or common goal oriented international organisational issues, etc.

Environmental - foreign relations may develop to be cooperative, adversarial, predatory, altruistic, mentoring, parasitic, etc.

• Environmental - foreign relations may develop to be cooperative, adversarial, predatory, altruistic, mentoring, parasitic, etc.
• Dynamic - Contain a degree of dependence or interdependence; a colony would have a static relationship with the colonizer
• Oriented - foreign relationships are ideally based on commitment to common goals, but can be dysfunctional, and even destructive
• Organisations such as the Council of Foreign Relations in the USA are sometimes employed by government foreign relations organisations to develop foreign policy proposals as alternatives to existing policy, or to provide analytical assessments of evolving relationships.